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A 15-year-old driver without a licence allegedly tried switching seats with her passenger after being pulled over on Highway 2 north of Calgary after her car was clocked at 187 km/h, say RCMP. While the 18-year-old passenger had a licence, she may have been drinking and was not in a condition to drive, said Airdrie integrated traffic unit Sheriff Jason Graw.

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The grass doesn’t look greener on the other side for Swift Current’s Central Elementary School. In fact, the greenest grass may be in their schoolyard, thanks to Majesta. The school learned May 29 that they are this year’s winner of Majesta’s Tree of Knowledge Competition, which mean they’re receiving $20,000 to go toward an outdoor classroom.

After 24 hours of MPs voting in nearly 160 separate votes on the Harper government’s 452 -page omnibus budget bill, we are left to ponder what was achieved and what was lost in the marathon voting exercise on Parliament Hill this week. Well, the government got its budget bill, Bill C-38, through the House and the opposition parties got to raise a ruckus, for a day at least, and all MPs lost some much-needed sleep.

Cats at the Regina Humane Society (RHS) can thank welding students at SIAST for the newest additions to the communal cat room. Three metal cat trees for the animals to play on were handmade and donated to the RHS by students as part of a supplemental learning project.

For Kirby Wirchenko, executive director of the Broadway Theatre in Saskatoon, serving alcohol at movie theatres is practical. Following the B.C. government’s announcement on Wednesday that it will allow multiplex theatres to apply for licences to serve alcohol in adult-only auditoriums and adjacent lobbies, Saskatchewan is the only province in Western Canada that is prohibited to serve alcohol at movie theatres.

The acquisition of Odell Willis has led to intensified pressure — but not of the variety that the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ brass had envisioned. General manager Brendan Taman should feel considerable heat arising from Thursday’s disclosure that Willis, one of the CFL’s premier pass rushers, has been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.

Environment Minister Dustin Duncan says he’d like to sit down with the David Suzuki Foundation and discuss climate change, after the foundation labelled Saskatchewan a “laggard” in a scathing report. With the highest rate of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the country — 71 tonnes per capita compared with 14.3 in B.C. and 10.4 in Que. — Saskatchewan was slammed in the report as a province that just doesn’t care.

"I feel like I’m more of a slayer/sniper,” Mathew Fiorante says. “I always charge first. I always get all of the kills. My teammates are more objective, but I like to just kill everything I see.” He’s a natural-born killer. Leaping high up in the air, he can pick his target — using a sniper rifle, grenade or whatever weapon he fancies — to deliver another brutal execution. When he goes to battle with his troops, he’s just as deadly.

Dr. Ted Alport’s prescription for ensuring the Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region is financially supported is simple: buy lottery tickets. At least, that’s what he wants the public to do. On Tuesday, the Hospitals of Regina Foundation introduced this year’s showhome. Located in Habour Landing, the two-storey, 2,675-square-foot home is valued at $1 million. The grand prize also includes $20,000.

While breaking down concrete with pickaxes, shovelling out dirt to make trenches, mixing concrete with shovels, carrying five-gallon buckets of water and concrete and lifting bricks, Mark Stefan and his daughter Nicole bonded. It seems like an uncommon father-daughter bonding activity, and indeed it is. From Feb. 17-25, the Stefans were among six father-daughter duos that travelled to El Salvador and started building a home in the municipality of San Vicente. The trip was run through Habitat for Humanity’s Global Village program, and the organization notes the father-daughter twist had never been done before.

Swap 30 minutes of screen time for 30 minutes of physical activity a day — it may seem challenging to some families, but Saskatchewan in motion feels it’s an attainable goal. Through re: activity, a multimedia campaign, in motion hopes to reverse a common trend in the household.

Many musicians are unaware how far away some of their fans are situated. For Jeffery Straker, a singer/songwriter/pianist living in Regina, the new fan base he discovered is in the West African country of Ghana. A couple of years ago, one of his fans — originally from Saskatoon — moved to Ghana and shared Straker’s music with the locals. She found the reaction was positive.

Murray Lutzer is all about giving kids an opportunity to be kids, even when the challenges they face growing up are anything but childlike. And in an effort to appeal to a wide variety of youth, the event he’s organizing for this Friday combines boxing, rap music and football.

University of Regina President and Vice-Chancellor Vianne Timmons looked around the room Tuesday afternoon and asked students who had been affected by cancer. Almost everyone raised their hands. There are 75,000 people that die of cancer in Canada each year, and it is an issue that affects many students in post-secondary institutions. On Tuesday at the U of R, it was announced that Relay for Life is coming to both the U of R and University of Saskatchewan this year for the first time ever.

The rematch of Regina South between Saskatchewan Party incumbent Bill Hutchinson and NDP challenger Yens Pedersen proved to be less dramatic than last time. as Hutchinson won the seat by more than 800 votes Monday night.